InĬomparison, the Sonos is limited to reading playlists and starred items. They would use normal Spotify - starring items and editing playlists, for example. Touch's take on the software, which enables users to use it in much the same way as Thirdly, Spotify integrationĬould be better. To bump the app's volume slider up to ear-splitting volumes. Secondly, and quite irritatingly, it's very easy Firstly, the "sort by folders" option in the softwareĭoesn't read folders that haven't been indexed yet, and you need to reindex (but not on
#SONOS CONNECT AMP GEN 1 VS GEN 2 SOFTWARE#
While I found the software quite easy to use, it did have some niggling problems thatĬompetitive systems don't have. A third-party sub from the likes of HSU or REL for the same $699 price orĬheaper would give you more flexibility and better performance. Where your speakers' bass performance tails off also meant you couldn't tailor bass Performance in the same way it did with the Play:3. Adding the Sonos Sub, I found it didn't boost the midrange Not all speakers were as successful, and it was surprising to find one of Sonos' to be The amp was able to drive the speakers to Little more reticent than my Marantz receiver. Listening to "Life" by The Betaīand, I felt the system wasn't as capable in relaying the bass synth outro (2.36), sounding a With beefier amplification the bass was a little lean.
Would class the line-in as more of a convenience feature than a true "hi-fi"Īs far as other speakers were concerned, I also had good results with the laid-back B&W 685s, though when compared The sound was more restrained than when connected to an analog amplifier. Is converted to digital, and when I hooked up a Pro-Ject Debut III turntable I found that The only thing to keep in mind is that any line-in signal This was especially important whenĬonnecting a TV, and I found there weren't any sync issues despite simultaneously Whether it was playing music offered by Spotify or from a local NAS, I enjoyed glitch-įree playback from the Connect:Amp and there wasn't a hint of lag time. Lose the cohesion and convenience a one-box system offers. Sure, you could spend more on a dedicated amplifier, DAC,Īnd music streamer, and get better-sounding results, but it would a) cost a lot more and b) Using the Connect:Amp I got the best results from the Intimus 4T Tower Speakers with a sparkling treble underpinned byĭetailed mids and tight bass. Like any hi-fi system, the performance is mostly dictated by the speakers you use. That gives you two alternatives: you can situate the first Sonos in your home near anĮthernet connection, or you can buy a $50 Sonos Bridge. While the others communicate with that one wirelessly.) (Think of it likeĪ DECT cordless phone system: one base station needs to be plugged into the wall jack, One wired connection between your home network and a Sonos unit. The drawback is that there needs to be at least Not limited by your home's Wi-Fi network. To one another via a proprietary wireless mesh system. The Sonos family of products is designed as a multiroom audio system, and connect High-resolution 24-bit files: it's CD-quality only. Small subset of people at present (myself included), the Sonos system doesn't play back Vorbis, WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless, and FLAC. Want to keep their PCs powered on all the time.įor local music, nearly all popular file formats are supported: MP3, WMA, AAC+, Ogg It also supports many NAS servers, for those who don't Support streaming from PCs and Macs running the iTunes software, so your home musicĬollection is always accessible. And while, as mentioned above,Īpple's iTunes Match isn't supported (thanks, as always, to Apple), the Sonos does Last.fm, Slacker, Rdio, Songza, TuneIn Radio, Rhapsody, iHeartRadio, Wolfgang's Vault,Īupeo, Stitcher, and - most recently - Amazon Cloud Player.įor those keeping score, that's nearly every cloud music service out there.
Sonos' tagline is "Stream All The Music On Earth" - and the company's products comeĬompatible with nearly every popular music service: Mog, Pandora, Spotify, Sirius XM, Sonos is more about focusing on doing one thing as well as possible. While that may seem limited in scope, the Unlike some of the more well-known media streamers on the market, the Sonosĭevices are audio-only, no video. Instead, you'll either need to unlock your phone and launch the SonosĪpp, boot up your PC, or finally - heaven forbid! - walk over and press the Mute One feature I kept wishing for while using the Sonos was an IR port, usually in order Or you can opt to go with the wireless Sonos Sub Last in the list of connections is the subwoofer-out, which can be used to connect to a For speaker connections, the Sonos includes solid, spring-loaded speaker jacks at theīack for connecting banana plugs or bare wires - though not spades.
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